After completing all this, Ye Chen looked at Yan Wushuang, this disciple whose master-disciple relationship had only just been confirmed, and said softly, "Right now, your master is also in a precarious situation on the Nine Colors Emperor Star. Moreover, deep in the Star Sky, there are matters I must attend to. Therefore, I cannot oversee your growth, nor can I bestow upon you a guardian. You'll have to work hard on your own."
Although he had quite a few captive slaves under his control, ranging from Heavenly Kings to Great Powers, none were native to the Nine Colors Emperor Star. Given the absolute ruling position of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan, they could easily be discovered, so he could not grant them to Yan Wushuang.
"This disciple understands," Yan Wushuang said.
"Alright, it is time for your master to leave. I will not stay any longer, lest I cause you great trouble." With a flick of his sleeve, Ye Chen's entire figure gradually grew faint and illusory, eventually becoming invisible. The spatial blockade was lifted, leaving only a sentence echoing in Yan Wushuang's mind: "If one day you become strong enough to unify the Imperial Clan, step out into the Star Sky and come find your master. You already know your master's name—"
"Battle Saint King!"
As these words fell, Ye Chen slowly began to vanish. When they would meet again was a matter of who knew how many years later.
But what kind of peerless figure this bestowal would forge in the future, Ye Chen did not know. Yet he looked forward to it, waiting in the future for this disciple's arrival. Perhaps in the blood-stained future to come, he would need this disciple's help.
Crown Prince Yan Wushuang of the Xi Kingdom immediately knelt on the ground, performing the three bows and nine kowtows, and said respectfully, "This disciple bids farewell to Master. One day, when this disciple has achieved success in cultivation, I will surely enter the Star Sky to seek out Master!"
"We shall meet again if fate allows!"
Ye Chen's figure completely disappeared, departing from before the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom.
Not long after, the commotion in the command tower alarmed many generals, and even the Saint ancestor who had come this time to guard the area was startled. With a whoosh, he appeared, wanting to inquire what had happened.
However, the moment he appeared, he discovered that the Crown Prince before him had undergone a tremendous change. Although his appearance remained the same, he seemed more spirited, his gaze brilliant and powerful. His entire person seemed to have undergone a metamorphosis, increasingly exuding an innate majesty that made others involuntarily want to kneel and submit, as if he were a natural-born king. Every frown and smile contained the aura of a supreme being, causing even the Saint ancestor to feel a deep-seated reverence and submission from the depths of his heart.
Yet the Crown Prince Your Highness from not long ago was completely not like this. It was as if, after an unknown few moments, he had undergone a startling transformation from the inside out.
Moreover, they could also sense that the Crown Prince Your Highness's cultivation had grown stronger, having leapt two entire heavens to reach the Divine Transformation Third Heaven realm—truly astonishing.
"This is—"
From the Saint ancestor above to the commanders at the Demigod realm below, all were stunned by the Crown Prince Your Highness's transformation.
"Pass down the order: station eighteen kingdom-class warships and six hundred city-class warships to guard Jiangyan Domain. Additionally, deploy Spirit-Gathering Behemoths to collect spirit veins. Ancient Saint Yun Cang, I ask you to remain in Jiangyan Domain to continue guarding it and deter the Hong Kingdom, preventing them from making a surprise counterattack."
"All others, follow this Crown Prince back to the kingdom!"
The Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom spoke, his expression majestic, his words brooking no doubt. Even Ancient Saint Yun Cang, a Saint of the kingdom, felt not the slightest desire to refute him, as if obeying the command of this mere Crown Prince of a kingdom, Yan Wushuang at only Divine Transformation Third Heaven, came from the very depths of his heart.
Because at this moment, the Crown Prince of the Xi Kingdom gave him a sense of conviction that originated from the depths of his soul.
"We respectfully obey the Crown Prince's command!"
The others were even more strictly ordered to follow the Crown Prince's command. Fifteen kingdom-class warships and over a hundred city-class warships began their grand and imposing return to the kingdom.
And Crown Prince Yan Wushuang of the Xi Kingdom was about to begin his first step: persuading the king to abdicate, ascending the throne to become the ruler of the Xi Kingdom, striving to unify the Nine Colors Emperor Star in the future and gather the faith power of ten thousand generations.
At this very moment, Ye Chen had long since left Jiangyan Domain.
This trip to the Jiuyan Imperial Clan had revenge as its main purpose. He had emptied several Imperial Treasure minor worlds, slain many important figures of the Jiuyan Imperial Clan, and even imprisoned the Jiuyan chieftain, Yan Tianshen. It could be said he had dealt a heavy blow to the Jiuyan Imperial Clan.
But what was even better now was that he had gained a disciple, leaving behind an important hidden piece on the Nine Colors Emperor Star.
He looked forward to Yan Wushuang achieving his goals in the future, even unifying the entire Jiuyan Imperial Clan. And this immortal Imperial Clan would also serve him in the future, rather than being an enemy as it was now.
However, Ye Chen was currently also trapped on the Nine Colors Emperor Star. Moreover, he could sense that in the Star Sky just beyond the Nine Colors Emperor Star, there existed a terrifying, boundless aura—that of the Everlasting Sword God, who remained stationed there, overlooking the entire Nine Colors Emperor Star and monitoring Ye Chen.
Furthermore, over the past few days, he could feel that many powerful experts had appeared on the Nine Colors Continent, all of them emerging from the Jiuyan Imperial Clan. The number of Great Powers had also increased.
Clearly, these were all experts who had returned from the outside world, originally sent to hunt down the Battle Saint King. But now that they knew he was within the Nine Colors Emperor Star, they had naturally returned one by one.
However, there were no other external powerful experts. The news about the Battle Saint King being on the Nine Colors Emperor Star had been completely sealed off.
Firstly, the Jiuyan Imperial Clan wanted to monopolize the prize and naturally would not inform others.
Secondly, the Battle Saint King had single-handedly barged into the Imperial Clan, emptied so many Imperial Treasure minor worlds, abducted the Jiuyan chieftain, and even assassinated so many Imperial Clan experts, causing the Jiuyan Imperial Clan to suffer immense humiliation. Family shame should not be publicized, so it was even more impossible to let it spread.
The Jiuyan Imperial Clan also utilized its immense power to search for traces of the Battle Saint King across the entire Nine Colors Emperor Star. Almost every day, vast divine senses swept over the entire Emperor Star time and again, determined to dig Ye Chen out from every corner.
Unfortunately, Ye Chen possessed the Chaos Supreme Body and the supreme profound art of Stealing Heaven and Changing Earth. Even if an Ancient Monarch personally took action, it would be difficult to find his true whereabouts.
Ye Chen was not anxious. On the contrary, he felt that over these years, he had basically been using the divine abilities and secret arts he had learned. The divine ability secret arts he had created himself could be counted on one hand—only a pitiful few. He felt he had always been constrained, which would limit the breakthrough of his own Dao.
Precisely because of this, Ye Chen planned to take advantage of this period to wholeheartedly create his own divine ability secret arts, breaking free from the dependence on the various external divine abilities and spells of the past, allowing his own Dao to truly embark on the path of invincibility.
On this day, Ye Chen once again infiltrated the Lingtian Sea Domain. The endless storms were still in operation. He submerged into the deepest part, even arriving at the interior of the Nine Colors Emperor Star, where endless lava churned and rolled, filled with intense heat.
Ye Chen sat cross-legged above the ocean of lava. Before him appeared a great Chaos Cauldron, from which surged forth myriad layers of ancient Chaos Qi, cascading down. Each strand could crush mountains and rivers; now, who knew how many strands of these myriad layers were present, enough to shatter stars.
He would comprehend the Dao here, attain enlightenment on the path of this life, and study the methods to achieve the fruit of invincibility.